Dyeing and washing machine.



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WALTER HIGGINS AND JOHN RHODES,`OF BRADFORD, ENGLAND.

DYEING AND WASHING MACHINE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. 17, 1914.

y Application'led June 13, 1912. i Serial No. 703,377.

To all whom t may concern Be it known that we, WALTER HIGGINS and JOHN RHODES, subjects of the King of Great Britain, both residing at 27 Longford Terrace, Lidget Green, Bradford, England, have invented new and useful Improvements in Dyeing and WashingMachines, of which the following is a specilication.

This invention relates to improvements in the preparing, dyeing and washing 'of tops, slubbing, wool, yarns, silk, mohair, alpaca, jute, and any other textile fabrics'and also to the washing of laundry linen and goods and relates to that class of dyeing and washing machines in which the dye or washing liquor is caused to percolate downward through the material carried 4in an inner cage after such liquor has been forced upward so as to fall above and over such cage.

In the accompanying sheets of drawings Figure 1 represents a longitudinal section of a tank or vat to which our improvements are applied. Fig. 2 is a plan view of the same but with the false bottom 2 removed. Fig. 3 is a transverse section of the tank or vat. Fig. 4 is an enlarged view of a portion of Fig. 3. Fig. 5 is a similar view to Fig. 1, showing a special application of the machine. Fig. 6 is a cross-sectional view taken on the line a-b of Fig. 5.

To carry out our invention we provide a rectangular tank or vat 3 made either of wood or sheet metal. The bottom of the tank or vat is formed or provided with a raised central portion l to displace the liquid and therefore to economize same. This raised portion forms with the walls of the tank or vat a canal or recess 5 at each side or all around the tank or vat. Thetank or vat is formed with an inner vessel 6 by sheet metal side plates 7 and a false bottom 2 located above the top of the raised central portion 4.-. The plates 7 are located a certain distance from the sides or walls of the tank or vat so as to leave a longitudinal space 8 Figs. 3, 4 and 6 at each side between the plates 7 or sides oit the inner vessel 6 and the sides or walls of the tank or vat 3 and also a longitudinal opening 9 is left bctween the bottom edge of each plate or side of the inner vesselnand the bottom of the canal or recess 5. The inner vessel 6 is preferably divided into"r two or more compartments by cross partitions 10.

Each compartment may be provided with a rotary cage 24, Figs. 5 and 6, pivoted by its supporting short shafts or studs 25 at each end to the sides of the tank or vat 3 and such cage may be rot-ated by either the hand from the square ended portions of the shafts or power through the medium of the pulley, 27, Fig. 5, and sprocket wheels 28 and chains 30.r The cages may be rounded o in cross section or in the form of a polygon in cross section the sides of which form false bottoms 2 in their respective lowest position. The sides are preferably composed of metal bars 32 triangular' in cross section vin the form of grids or gratings and one or more of the sides of each cage form its lid or cover. One or more or all of the cages may be used at the same time and the gearing for rotating the cages so arranged that each cage may be worked or rotated inde pendently of the others or all the cages may be rotated simultaneously.

The pipes 12 for conducting the steam into the liquor are located in the recess or canal at each side of the tank or vat and are supported on projecting plates 13. These pipes are provided with perforations 14 Fig. 4 at intervals along their lengths for projecting the steam forced through such pipes upward and thereby causing the liquid to flow upward and such liquid is detlected by the inclined battle plates 15 located above over the top edges of the inner vessel onto the tops of the compartments or rotary cage-s and thence falls or percolates through the material in such compartments or cages by gravitation to the bottom of the tank or vat into the recess or canal and this action is accelerated by the partial vacuum formed through the liquid condensing the steam. The top of the perforated pipes 12 is located a little above the bottom edge of the side plates. The liquid after percolating through the material finds its way into the recess or canal through the longitudinal openings 9 at the bottom of the plates 7.

We preferably employ in each compartment separate blowers 16 provided with per forated nozzles and connected to steam pipes 17 located either within or outside the tank or vat and opening into the liquid in the canal or recess so that the liquid from all the compartments may be by turning suitable cocks or valves 20 given a rapid circulation through any 4one compartment.

The liquid .from ythese blowers may be deflected onto the tops of the compartments or cages by the above baille plates 15 or each blower may be surrounded at the bottom by a pipe 21 having lateral openings 22 for the liquid to enterand with its upper end 23 bent or provided with an elbow joint. We also preferably provide a perforated pipe 33 in the canal or recess 5, Figs. 5 and 6, in communication with the water main so that the canal may be quickly supplied with cold water.

The compartments or cages are lined or the material wrapped in cloth or Woven fabriepr any suitable material. We do not coniine ourselves to the use of any particu-` lar kind or make of cloth or woven fabric or netting or restrict ourselves to the use of any kind of material of which the compartments or cages may be made.

Claims l. In dyeing and washing machines, 1n combination, a tank having` a raised central portion spaced from the side walls to form canals, an inner vessel having sides spaced :from the sides of the vat, and means positioned between the side of the vat and the side of the inner vessel for causing a rapid iiow of the liquid through the material being treated.

2. In a dyeing and washing machine, in

combination7 a tank having a raised central portion spaced from the side Walls to form canals, an inner vessel having sides spaced from the side of the vat, and a blower positioned between the side of the vat and the side of the inner vessel for causing a ra Aid flow of the liquid through the material eing treated.

3. In dyeing and washing machines, in combination, a tank having a raised central portion spaced from the side Walls to form 'canals, an inner vessel having sides spaced from the sides of the vat, said inner vessel being divided into a plurality of compartments7 and blowers positioned between the side of the vat andthe side of the inner vesz sel for causing a rapid flow of the liquid through the material bein treated, therebeing a separate blower ir each compartment.

In testimony whereof we have signed our names to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

VALTER HIGGINS.. JOHN RHODES. Witnesses:

PETER WATSQN, Cnon. ALwYN LEPRAM BAXTER.

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